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| boy was drowned. Being alone and thrown OF
at for consultation. For some minutes the,
all sat silent staring of over the tumbling sea
aS from poSEes II h
gar gan reading aloud the story Of Christ e!iIlins
he stsn OF the boat the ,oa sea
until e e snef
The prayers for holp that followed were hearty
and sincere and although sailor ,men. as q
the boats crew 10 whom MT The ' rSportsr talked
declared that from the reading Of that Scrip,
them doubted their ultimate sq rescue Yet the
answer to their petition was a long time; ne
seemed to them ,, n coming and once they
At 8 O'Clock the second mate opened the bag
Of biscuit, and cut the covering from the ham,
that by giving each man half q biscuit omega
day, with q thin slice OF ham and pint OF water
the, stores would last until Saturday. This
The men werp. then divided into two watches
who were to take turns In steering and baiIing
dons at ses Each then Se his
allowance of bread and meat. the most OF them
dividing 1T into minute pieces in order to make
While the water was swaIowed In sips. Then
those who were Off duty lay down in the bot
ssep whS RS man ah at the t ter and the two
on lookout strained their eyes In hope OF seeing
After the weather had Moderated an old tug
boat sail had been found under the thwartss;
and with the aid OF an oar for mast the sail
course sew was laid to the westward in the hope OF
getting In the track OF coastwise vessels from
American ports. -
Monday also, except that on Monday the sun
was intolerably hot; At each change OF the
rsad tem his e sSe
that pleased the mon most being the story OF
the Prodigal Son, and the chapter where It is
ner and other. parts in which he is spoken Of
as a kind and good Father; but every day at
%n eaS to s D' their
Tuesday night thick. dirty weather came on
from the west and the boat was headed around
showing forward and an oar swung by bride
astern to serve as drag and break the waves
came cam ee out terribly hot again and Under It's in
came dizzy and talked incokerently. fancying
with friends and then huge monsters coming
to devonr them; Johansen's crippled leg was
NJ i'm sad no SUI
Until Thursday. one man on lookout gen
orally stood up forward, steadying himself by
that they contented themselves with lying In
the thwarts with their grizzly bearded ehins
e.. the hsq beyss Hed
the thwarts and slept Or reused pp to add their
groans and prayers to those OF the waking
morning the last crumb Of the sea-soaked bis
cult and the last drink Of water were served:
es @ saying IT Thu fnaass That S s last b be
night came and no sail was seen; and satur-
glare OF the sun overhead and the glare of its
blazing reflections around them. and when at
s or ns he @
ing the day had not been badly troubled with
feverish fancies. 1t began TO look nov to
them as II some OF the men would soon die OF
Sunday broke hot with n light southeast erly
breeze and hazy mist in the air, At 8 O'CLOCK.
as the second mate was reading from his Tes-
lament to the men. one Of them, who was look
ing off 70 the northard saw sail appear in the
every ono that had the strength followed him.
Hats and coats were waved, and red shirt
vas made i last to an o ara, held up Every
time the men had shouted until they could not
nss un Stern ve a dis
appeared without any one on her having seen
In their soms them then Fed HE
r .ass fhsn wan ths 'ssu and
Of their woash hunger, one Of them began 70
casting lots SO that one might die to save tho
ment again. and stopped the talk by reading
tempest. 1t was noticed. however. that the
men were Iuieter during the rest OF the day
than they, had been on any day since tho
to satisfy the hunger OF the rest kept coming
favor OF it then, but the next day. they were
getting rapidly into mental condition where
the deed would be done.
longer around him than usual interesting
them by reading from his Testament. and it
ceased, They knelt down, then, and prayed as
usual, leaving one, man on lookout. IT was
while thus engaged that the form m q sail WAS
The vessel was too far away, to see them then;
but there was fresh northeast breeze. and
headway. and It seemed likely that they could
reach the track of the vessel. which was bound
northerly, before she could pass. second oar
to tho top Of all an old red flannel shirt was SO,
cured: third oar with shirt I, for q signal
patiently for the ship to see them. The picture
printed herewith is an accurate representation
Of the shnwreeke;d crew at that time, accord,
be bark, and rapidly rose above the horizon;
but although the small boat was to windWard
swelling eli GO sails and her sides gstenine with
spray in the sunlight. she swept across the
bows OF the boat load OF starving men and was
had done. But when the men, who had used
every effort to attract attention. were giving up
ia despair they saw that the weather teaches
Of her sails began to SILVER. and a minute later
she was up in the wind coming about to head
for them. Wholly overcome by their feelings
they then sank down where they were and
went aloud. and gave audible thanks to God
for their deiverancc.
They were still in this nitiable condition
when the bark, which proved to be the Union.
Capt. Petersen. ranged up alongside with head
sails aback, and lost Roadway, with the boat
load Of wrecked seaman Just under the lee
rail amidships.. Four Of the men were able to
stand up and clutch the rail of the bark, whore
her crew were ready to lend them hand in
getting on board. The other two who were
ohansen. the wounded seaman, and Lund-
blad. the carpenter. had to be got on board in
sling. Once thsre they were treated with the
utmost tenderness. but none had fully recov-
cred his health when the Union sailed into this
port on Saturday last.
Capt. Petersen said he was on the quarter
deck, and while looking over the sea thought
he caught glimpse OF someth ing In the waves
but was unable TO get a second sight of 1t. He
Was about to go into his cabin for u cup OF
coffee, but he in some way felt uneasy and
'ould not go without another look for tho
strange object. He therefore climbed up to
sindward in the mizzen rigging. and at tho
lrst look deserted the boat, and give imme-
iate orders to go about
rhn .lya1s Had Laa. H. \